Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-Whip Latte

Tara Holloway Series, Book 2

By: Diane Kelly

Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney

It's all in a day's work for Tara Holloway, the US Treasury's latest, greatest, soon-to-be-skinniest weapon against the biggest, richest tax cheats in the nation....

When she joined the Criminal Investigations Division, Tara knew she'd be investigating some very real crooks. Forget about waitresses hiding tips from the IRS or babysitters not declaring income! Tara and her partner, Eddie, are going after one of country's richest, dirtiest felons. Being on a diet doesn't help Tara's mood much. Hopefully, by the time the investigation is over, she'll be sitting somewhere in a string bikini, far, far away....

But first: Reality. Marcos Mendoza is a suspected loan shark with connections across the Mexican border. He's never been accused of any crimes, yet his business associates have a history of disappearing...and resurfacing...in body bags. Will Tara risk life, limb, and the pursuit of filing a joint tax return with her maybe-serious boyfriend Brett? Fighting crime, like drinking a cup of coffee with low-fat milk and artificial sweetener, is often bittersweet....

©2012 Diane Kelly (P)2018 Tantor

Exciting and hilarious!

I'm glad I found this new mystery series! The plot is exciting, the characters are fascinating, and the story is loaded with adventureous investigation and hilarious twist and turns. I'll definitely read more books in this series!

Loved it!

Super fun series I hope that she writes more. I would hate to see it in here.

Good But Could Have Been Amazing

While Diane Kelly is an amazing writer, this series is in desperate need of a good editor. Tara, CPA and IRS agent, had potential to be a unique and engrossing female lead character, so the constant references to her less than appealing physical qualities was annoying and distracting.

Tara was described as short and flat-chested, but somehow, she acquired a hunky boyfriend. Why the repeated body shaming in a series geared toward woman readers?